Igniting device.



W. B. GOODWIN.

IGNITING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31,1913.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

lPan ented J an. 20,1914.

Appneation flied May 31, 1913. seriaiivo. ttoeo.

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Be it known that I, VILLIAM B. GOODWIN, a citizen of the United States, Vresiding at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Igniting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in igniting devices particularly adapted for use as a match holder and lighter.

The primary obj ect of the invention is the provision of an igniting device comprising a receptacle of peculiar construction in which a quantity of pellets are contained, and from which these pellets may be expelled singly and ignited to be used in lieu of a match. The receptacle may be of any of several different shapes, such as a bottle, a cigar, etc., and is thus capable of use as an advertising novelty for different lines of business.

The invention consists essentially in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as illustrated in the drawings, and more clearly set forth in the following specification and claims.

In the drawings I have illustrated three complete embodiments, and a modified element, of the physical conception of my invention constructed according to the best modes I have so far devised for thepractical application of the principles of the invention.

Figures 1 and 2 illustrate sectional views of the invention, the receptacle being illustrated as a bottle. In Fig. 1 the parts are in normal position, while in Fig. 2 the parts are in working position a pellet having been expelled and ignited. Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional View of a cigar-shaped receptacle, with a modified arrangement of the expelling and retracting devices. Fig. 4 illustrates a receptacle approximating a fountain-pen shape using the expelling and reti-acting devices Of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 shows the expelling stem and pellets. Fig. 6 shows the expelling device with a solid ignition piece instead of pellets.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the receptacle 1 is formed with open ends, the lower larger end being closed by a threaded bottom 2, perforated at 3, and the smaller upper end being closed by a threaded perforated cap 4. The receptacle and end closures may be of suitable material, and in the body 1 below the constricted or neck portion o, a metallic tube G is located and is held in position in the annular recess T lofthe bottle, with its lower end resting on the perforated bottom 2. The tube is openended,l but. is fashioned with an intermediate perforatedl partition 8. Surrounding the tube a space 9 is formed and this space provides a magazine for a quantity of pellets 10 which are stored therein until ready for use. The pellets 10 may be fashioned in any desirable shape, but are provided with an opening or orifice 11 extending therethrough, and are made of an inflammable body with an ignitible coating thereon. The coating is combustible from friction but is not combustible, unless subjected to excessive heat, from other causes. The'holes in the pellets enable them to be strung upon an expelling stem 13. This stem is a metallic rod integral with or rigidly fixed to a disk or head 14 at one end and formed with a series of threads at the other end to receive a multipronged cap 15. A perforated slide plate or follower 16 -is carried by the expellingystem, and when the stem is loaded a spring 17 is first placed upon the stem and held between the head 14 and the follower. The perforated pellets are then strung upon the stem, the spring being gradually compressed, until a sufficient number are placed upon the stem. The` pronged cap is then screwed on the free end of the stein, thus holding the pellets in place on the stem. The loaded stem is now inserted through the open bottom tube and through the perforated partition, until the top pellet reaches the. cap plate 4 and the disk of the stem compresses a large spring 18 which has'p'reviously been placed between the partition and disk when the tube was placed in the receptacle. The perforated bottom of t-he bottle is now screwed on, (the magazine having been filled with pellets) and all parts are inclosed within the receptacle.

To expel and ignite a pellet a finger is pushed through the perforated bottom against the disk, and the disk and stem are pushed upward against the tension of the large spring. This upward push expels a pellet through the perforated cap, and as the cap is perforated to pass the prongedcap on the stem the pronged cap passes through, but the pellet frictionally engages the roughened surface 19 of the top cap and the pellet is ignited and expelled through the perforated cap. The linger is held against the disk until the pellet has been consumed. The succeeding pellets are urged outwardly by the spring pressed follower', but with the withdrawal of pressure from the disk the large retracting spring returns the disk and expelling stem to position and the pronged cap is brought down upon the next pellet holding them in position. After the stem has been emptied, it may be refilled again from the magazine.

In Fig. a, the same expelling device is employed, but the large spring bears against a shoulder 20 and the tube is dispensed with.

In Fig. 3, the expelling stem and follower are the same as in Fig. l, but the tube 22 is integral with and moves with the stem, and the Closed end 23 of the tube receives pressure for expelling the pellet.

In Fig. 6, the stem is fitted with a perforated single ignition piece 24, to take the place of the plurality of pellets used in the other views. This form of the invention is desirable in some instances, and is ignited in the same manner as the pellets. The retraction of the ignition piece into the receptacle and consequent withdrawal of air will Cause the light to go out, thus preventing consumption of the'piece beyond the desired limit.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

l. The combination with an open end reeeptacle of an expelling stem therein, perforated movable pellets o-n the stein and a follower for the pellets, means urging said follower against the pellets, a push member on the stem whereby the pellets may be ex pelled singly from the receptacle and ignited, and means for retracting the stem and remaining pellets.

2. The combination with an open end reoeptaole of an expelling stem held therein, pellets on the stem and a spring pressed follower acting on the pellets, a push disk on the stem, and a spring bearing on said disk, whereby the pellets may be expelled singly from the receptacle and the stem retracted.

3. The combination with an open end receptacle, an expelling stem, perforated movable pellets on the stem and a follower, of an open tube formed with an intermediate perforated partition, a push disk on the stem, a retracting spring between the partit-ion and disk, and a spring inclosed within the retiacting spring between said follower and dis 4:. The combination with an open end receptaele having a removable bottom, an expelling stem, and its pellets, of an open tube forming a magazine space within the receptacle and provided with a perforated partition, a push disk on the stem, and a retracting spring between said disk and partition.

5. The combination of an expelling stem having a plurality of pellets movable thereon, a spring pressed follower bearing against the pellets and a cap of smaller diameter than the pellets secured at one end of the stem.

6. The Combination of an expelling stem having a series of perforated pellets thereon, a push disk at one end of the stem, a spring pressed follower between said disk and one of the series of pellets, and a removable cap secured at the other end of the stem.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. GOODWIN.

Witnesses:

C. M. SHIGLEY, MARY WILSON.

Genies n' this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latenta Washington, D. C. 

